Improvement in straw-stacking machines



Straw Stacker.-

' Patented March I5, 1870.

MPETERS. PHOTOLITHDGRAPHER WASHINGTON I? C Wzirzesses. 20

'lo all whom it hug concern.-

ILLIAM nodes, or oovtaorox, OHIO.

Letters. Patent No. 100,715, dated JIa'rch 15, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN STRAW-STACKING- MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

Be it known that 1," WILLIAM Boeos, of (lovington, in the county ofMiami, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ma-' chines for Stacking Straw, and I do hereby declarethat the the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being hadto the accompanying drawings and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and generalarrangement of a straw stacker, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In order to enable othersskilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, 1 \vill now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section, and I Figure 2 is a planview of my machine.

A represents the chute, which rests upon-four legs .13 .B, the frontones of which are constructed in some suitable mannerfso that they canbe extended and conseqnently the front end of the machine elevated toany position desired.

At the front end of the chute is placed the shaft 1 O, which at one endis provided with a crank, 1), and

so arranged in its bearings that it can be reversed so as to operate themachine from either side at pleasure.

Upon the shaft is placed a pulley, 15, directly opposite the center-ofthe front end of the chute.

At the rear end of-the chute is another shaft, G, provided with asimilarly-placed pulley, H, and around the pulleys E and H is placed, acord, 1, which thus passes longitiulinally across the center of thechute and on top of the bot-tom. thereof, as seen infig. l.

' At proper intervals on-the rope I are placed grooved blocks J J, on'top of which are placed rakes .K K, said rakes extending across thechute A, as seen in fig. 2.

The blocks J and rakes K are slotted in their centers so that the cord Ican be drawn up through the same, and a pin, a, passed under the cord ontop of the. rake, which thus efiectnally secures them together. i

The rakes K K,-thns arranged on the cord I, form the carrier forconveying the straw, and the blocks J J are guided by ways b b in thecenter of the bottom of the chute, said guides or ways and blocks beingdovetailed so that the blocks cannot slip up.

4, Upon the shaft G is a pulley, L, designed to be connected to athrashlug-machine and run or operate the carrier by the same power andat the same time belt or rope, J

the thesher is worked. It can be'run by as a groove is cut in the pulleyfor a rope.

' At the rear end of the chute A is hinged an apron,

M, to prevent the straw or chaif from falling down when the front end oftheniachine is elevated. On each side near the front end is a loop, 11,to which cords are attached, which cords extend backto the thrasher andhold the carrier in a horizontal position so as to carry the straw onthe top of the stack acting as a substitutefor the extension legs.

Having thus fully described my invention,

Whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y I 1.The. arrangement at the rear end of the chute A of the shaft (-l, withpulleys H L and hinged apron M, all substantially as shown anddescribed.

.2. The combination and arrangement of the chute I with guides b b,shafts O Ur, pulleys E H I), carrier 1 J K, and apron M, all constructedas described, to

operate substantially in the manner and for the pur-' poses hereinsetforth.- a

In testimony that 1 claim the fin'egoing as my own,

I attix my signature in presencev of two witnesses.

- WILLIAM BOGGS.

Witnesses DAVID J. MARTA,

JOSEPH Menus.

